{"id":1351,"date":"2025-01-19T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2025-01-19T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:35:34","slug":"daily-x-threads-and-links-1-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Daily X Threads and Links 1-19-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Some of the links are a bit dated as I have been traveling but I think the are worthy of your attention&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Still testing the look of a new article or feature where I just link to several interesting X threads or article links that I think are interesting. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any defense issues that I have not or should cover, even if unrelated to the links below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Notable IMO that this highly detailed description, for whatever reason, makes zero mention of, or accounting for, US\/allied intervention. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHDtYx36cb\">https:\/\/t.co\/XHDtYx36cb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Shugart (@tshugart3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tshugart3\/status\/1880676372248776936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tom Shugart nails it in his comments. Obligatory endorsement&#8230;You should definitely follow Shugart on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The runway is likely built by the United Arab Emirates, which has long been suspected of expanding its military presence in the region. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i4xuPM5mfZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/i4xuPM5mfZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Defense News (@defense_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/defense_news\/status\/1880362216706195895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>While within Houthi drone and missile range, the distance of Abd al-Kuri from mainland Yemen means \u201cthere\u2019s no threat of the Houthis getting on a pickup truck or a technical and going to seize it,&#8221; said Yemen expert Mohammed al-Basha of the Basha Report risk advisory firm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Abd al-Kuri is part of the Socotra Archipelago, separated from Africa by only 60 miles and from Yemen by some 250 miles. In the last decade of the Cold War, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/CIA-RDP06T00412R000200350001-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archipelago occasionally hosted Soviet warships<\/a> due to its strategic location.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">China accuses the Philippines of &#8216;exaggerating&#8217; the presence of its Coast Guard vessels in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SouthChinaSea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SouthChinaSea<\/a>? Let\u2019s be clear: there\u2019s no exaggeration in standing up to repeated violations of Philippine sovereignty and international law.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s claim that these activities are\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hNdTImIIxK\">https:\/\/t.co\/hNdTImIIxK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BRP Sierra Madre (@BRPSierraMadre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRPSierraMadre\/status\/1880280485961822448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em> T<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">he real exaggeration here is China\u2019s audacity to continue bullying its neighbors, violating UNCLOS, and pretending its claims hold any legitimacy. Sovereignty isn\u2019t negotiable, and the rule of law doesn\u2019t bend to Beijing\u2019s will.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m Danish.<\/p>\n<p>I think my country is failing Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s push to make a deal isn\u2019t the problem; it\u2019s Denmark\u2019s lack of vision for the island.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the current situation and why a U.S.-Greenland deal could change everything: \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RzqasEeWMD\">pic.twitter.com\/RzqasEeWMD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ulrik K. Lykke (@ulriklykke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ulriklykke\/status\/1880629091969495287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I agree, Denmark is failing Greenland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My periodic reminder (because this won&#8217;t likely be in the doc) that al-Qaeda was very intimately involved in this battle, with key operatives such as Sayf al-Adl, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, Abdulaziz al-Muqrin, Abu al-Hassan al-Sa\u2019idi, and Yusuf al-Ayeri (among others), taking part. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilGQ9fKoQP\">https:\/\/t.co\/ilGQ9fKoQP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Weiss (@caleb_weiss7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caleb_weiss7\/status\/1880246890471780854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I mostly read Caleb Weiss on the Long War Journal and he co-hosts some of the Generation Jihad podcast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have some reading to do! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gEuNf5AWuq\">pic.twitter.com\/gEuNf5AWuq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) \ud83d\udea2\u2693\ud83d\udc2a\ud83d\ude92\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@mercoglianos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mercoglianos\/status\/1880225817600651597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As do I, as do I.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cNASA has this phrase that they like: \u2018Failure is not an option.\u2019 But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration, because it\u2019s a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks. So,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJYfcZRaft\">pic.twitter.com\/eJYfcZRaft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James (@Aloha_Aviator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aloha_Aviator\/status\/1880034622563840085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This quote, <em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration, because it\u2019s a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks. So, that\u2019s the thought I would leave you with, is that in whatever you\u2019re doing, failure is an option, but fear is not.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The wars of Louis XIV are criminally neglected in popular anglophone historiography. They were enormous in scope and consequence, shaping the map of modern Europe arguably even more than the Napoleonic wars.<\/p>\n<p>But something else makes them worthy of study. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cyL7Crtl1d\">https:\/\/t.co\/cyL7Crtl1d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXvx9YzCpf\">pic.twitter.com\/gXvx9YzCpf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Bazaar of War (@bazaarofwar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bazaarofwar\/status\/1879974937970241592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the links are a bit dated as I have been traveling but I think the are worthy of your attention&#8230; Still testing the look of a new article or feature where I just link to several interesting X threads or article links that I think are interesting. 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